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Was that Algeria you were in? Based on the number ("200,000") and timing, I can't think of another conflict that fits the profile.
by balnaphone 10y ago
Was that Algeria you were in?
Based on the number ("200,000") and timing, I can't think of another conflict that fits the profile.
- Jugurtha 10y ago>Was that Algeria you were in? Yeap. Still in. On a side note, how did you match it? Is this part of the stuff you usually read about, etc?
- kapitza 10y ago"Jugurtha" is a pretty easy tipoff. Not that Americans would learn who Jugurtha was in school, except maybe grad school, but a few of us still read books...
- Jugurtha 10y agoЯ тоже люблю книги, Пётр* ! Kapitza is also a tipoff.. * : "I love books too, Peter". In reference to Peter Kapitza. I should get back to learning Russian.
- kapitza 10y agoLove to hear any book recommendations on the Algerian wars, especially older books in English, not by Alistair Horne, and not taking the standard Western "missionary position." Really like Wolves in the City by Paul Henissart, about the OAS episode...
- Jugurtha 10y agoSorry for the delay, kapitza.. Hard to think of something off the top of my head. I don't really think about this stuff with "internationalization" in mind so I've never paid attention to which authors were translated. Not sure if you'd like content in a "History" perspective, I know Benjamin Stora is translated. Henri Alleg also wrote about it (The Question. He was in trouble with Maurice Audin). Frantz Fanon was in the Algerian Liberation Front. For novels, you can look up Mouloud Mammeri, Mouloud Feraoun, Albert Camus, Assia Djebar, etc. Again, sorry for the late reply.
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- balnaphone 10y agoYes, general interest -- as I mentioned, the number was the main clue for me. Also, I spent some time in France around 20 years ago, where there were a large number of ethnic Algerians who often discussed the issue at length.
- Jugurtha 10y agoYeah, 20 years ago is practically the height of the crisis with the more brutal massacres (like 200 at a time). They were probably of those who asked for asylum or the thousands who left the country. It was harder for them because they knew peace before and easier on my generation because we were children who'd only known that, so it was sort of normal.